Embracing our diverse world in Cultural Celebration Week 2025

To help celebrate and promote cultural diversity and understanding, our students, staff and the wider Pipers community participated in a variety of different activities, events, displays and performances for what was an unforgettable Cultural Celebration Week.

Our students took part in a variety of activities, including playing Indonesian and African instruments, cooking international dishes, art workshops, student-led assemblies, tea-making in Forest School and much more.

And Lunch? Our caterers had this covered. Our students and staff were treated to a daily specially-themed menu, which involved foods from Hungary, Sri Lanka, Syria, China and Jamaica.

One of the many highlights saw the community come together on Wednesday 11 June, to welcome back Imad Alarnab, an acclaimed Syrian chef and former refugee who shared his eye-opening and powerful story of rebuilding a life in London after fleeing conflict. Imad’s last visit to Pipers was back in 2017, and since then he has become a leading voice for resilience and hope, with his talk offering our students and families a great opportunity to reflect on the challenges faced across the globe and how kindness from others can be enduring.

Alongside the talk, our community were treated to a cultural marketplace that included cultural dance performances and workshops, a variety of international dishes (including recipes from Imad's new book) prepared by our students, festival-themed stalls from our Languages Department, Art installations of beautiful Indian folk art, cultural chairs painted by our students and so much more.

Throughout the event, we were also proud to be raising funds for the Wycombe Refugee Partnership.

The whole week was described as joyful, enriching and inspiring. You can see pictures from the event and our week in the Flickr album below.

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